When a Windows computer starts to lag, we start intuitively Task Manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC) and we start looking for the processes that are causing the problems. However, their list is redrawn every second, so the sinner can jump back and forth depending on the current system load.
Task Manager and holding down CTRL in a video demo:
But did you know that Task Manager has a smart keyboard shortcut for exactly this problem? It works both in the latest Windows 11 and in the older generation of Windows 10.
Enough press and hold CTRL and Task Manager updates will pause. But you can work with it in a different way, so you can kill the desired process through the context menu, for example. As soon as you release the CTRL key, the program will once again start listing what is happening on the computer every second.
2023-08-17 06:45:30
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